Storia do Mogor 248.9

248.9

Having quitted that shape, Vishnu resorted to Rudra to tell him it was time to quit the fruit, the giant being now destroyed; and warned him not to be such a fool again as to enter into such agreements. Then Rudra, anxious to know the device, asked Vishnu to show him the form in which he had appeared. But he refused [103], telling Rudra over and over again that if he saw the figure in which he appeared before the giant, his mind would lose its balance. In spite of this, Rudra reiterated his demand, and prayed for his desire to be satisfied. Touched by this, Vishnu consented ; when Rudra, beholding so much beauty, went out of his senses, and by mere force of passion produced a son, which through that apparition came to life in the hand of Vishnu. They named it Angara Putrim — that is, ' Son of Vishnu and Rudra.' These two imaginary persons are the most revered of all by those barbarians, and they have the most worshippers. These Indian people are so naturally ignorant that they are unable to philosophize, or convince themselves by light of Reason, that all these stupidities and improprieties are unworthy, to say the least of it, of the Divine Essence.